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Episode Detail: The Wild West - Scientific American Frontiers

Host Alan Alda travels the West in search of diamonds in Canada's Northwest Territories, diamondbacks in Arizona and scorpions in the Mojave Desert of California. Also: identifying soldiers who died during “Custer's Last Stand”; studying the art of calf-roping.

Episodes: The Wild West - Scientific American Frontiers - 103 total Episodes

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3/2/2005: Hidden Motives
2/23/2005: Hydrogen Hopes
2/16/2005: Hot Planet---Cold Comfort
2/9/2005: Chimp Minds
2/2/2005: Going Deep
1/26/2005: Cars That Think
1/19/2005: Surgical Slimmers
7/20/2004: Coming into America
6/22/2004: The Dark Side of the Universe
6/15/2004: Hot Times in Alaska
5/19/2004: Future Car
5/11/2004: Don't Forget
1/20/2004: Losing It
6/3/2003: Worried Sick
5/31/2003: Playing the Learn
4/8/2003: You Can Make It on Your Own
4/1/2003: Calls of the Wild
2/18/2003: The Wonder Pill
1/28/2003: Deep Crisis
11/26/2002: Mysteries of the Deep
11/5/2002: Forever Wild?
10/22/2002: The Intimate Machine
10/15/2002: Make Up Your Mind!
10/8/2002: Unearthing Secret America
7/23/2002: Birthday Special
6/4/2002: A Different Way to Heal?
5/28/2002: Body Building
5/21/2002: Games Machines Play
5/14/2002: Beneath the Sea
3/19/2002: On the Ball
11/13/2001: Growing Up Different
11/6/2001: Alien Invasion
10/30/2001: Dead Men's Tales
10/23/2001: The Gene Hunters
10/16/2001: Pet Tech
5/1/2001: Fat and Happy?
4/10/2001: Flying Free
4/3/2001: Chimps R Us
3/27/2001: The Bionic Body
2/7/2001: Wild Places
1/31/2001: Life's Little Questions II
1/24/2001: Affairs of the Heart
12/20/2000: Life's Really Big Questions
11/29/2000: SuperPeople
11/22/2000: Changing Your Mind
4/26/2000: The Frontiers Decade
3/29/2000: Mediterranean on the Rocks
1/26/2000: Never Say Die
11/3/1999: Natural Born Robots
10/5/1999: Voyage to the Galapagos
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The Art of Science
Animal Einsteins
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Flying High
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Creatures of the Deep
Beyond Science?
Journey to Mars
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The Science of Sports
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Science Safari
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Robots Alive!
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Science in Paradise
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Premiered: 1990, on PBS
Rating: TV-G
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Premise: Science, technology and nature are examined with insight, humor and an eye on the practical, with smartly paced reports on such subjects as the big-bang theory, robots, the relationship between stress and illness, and whether we are alone in the universe. There's a good deal of fascinating information, but as long-time host Alan Alda notes in one episode, `big questions don't always have answers.'

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